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A study of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients found that those in a low-fruit-intake group and a high-fruit-intake group had similar reductions in A1C levels, body weight and waist size, suggesting that patients don't need to restrict their fruit consumption, according to a study on the website of Nutrition Journal.

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A study in Diabetes Care found low-income, food-insecure diabetes patients showed higher mean A1C values and had lower fruit and vegetable intake and self-efficacy than their food-secure counterparts. However, researchers noted greater A1C and self-efficacy improvements in food-insecure patients following educational intervention compared with the other group.

Nonprofit consumer-advocacy group Citizens for Health is making April 11 Read Your Labels Day to encourage consumers to read and understand nutrition labels. "The majority of us don't check the list of ingredients on food-package labels," Chairman Jim Turner said. The group also released the list Top 10 Ingredients to Avoid.

In a study, participants who ate soup while watching an animated film had higher food intake, but those who took smaller sips ate 30% less than those who took bigger sips. The results demonstrate that taking smaller bites might curb consumption, researchers wrote in PLoS One.

A study of almost 90,000 Europeans found higher total dietary fiber intake was associated with weight loss and reduced waist circumference and increased fruit and vegetable fiber intake was linked to improvements in waist circumference.

A study of almost 90,000 Europeans found higher total dietary fiber intake was associated with weight loss and reduced waist circumference and increased fruit and vegetable fiber intake was linked to improvements in waist circumference.